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Basketball, Women

Date28 July – 11 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationBasketball Arena, Olympic Park, Stratford, London / North Greenwich Arena, Greenwich, London
Participants143 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The United States had won the last four gold medals in women’s basketball and was heavily favored to make that five in London. They had won the 2010 World Championship, and their team was basically an All-Star team from the WNBA, the world’s top women’s league. Their biggest competition was expected to come from Australia, which had won medals at the last four Olympics, and was led by WNBA star Lauren Jackson. In group play the US was unchallenged, winning every game by at least 25 points. But Australia was upset by France in Group B, forcing them into a semi-final match-up with the United States.

The USA-Australia semi was close for three quarters, with Australia leading at the half, 47-43. But the US pulled ahead in the third quarter, leading 65-59 going into the final stanza, and eventually won comfortably, 86-73. In the other semi, France continued their upset ways, defeating Russia 81-64 to advance to the final. The final was a rout, with the USA using a 21-1 third quarter burst to win 86-50, despite US coach Geno Auriemma backing off in the final quarter, as Candace Parker led the US with 21 points and 11 rebounds. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal in the sport for the United States’ women, the most ever in a women’s team sport at the Olympics, and their seventh all-time, also winning in 1984 and 1988. Australia won the bronze medal match to stand on the podium for the fifth straight Olympics.

PosTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold1
Guard (1)Lindsay Whalen
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Seimone Augustus
Guard (1)Sue Bird
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Maya Moore
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Angel McCoughtry
Forward (4)Asjha Jones
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Tamika Catchings
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Swin Cash
Guard (1)/Guard (2)Diana Taurasi
Center (5)Sylvia Fowles
Forward (4)/Center (5)Tina Charles
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Candace Parker
CoachGeno Auriemma
2FranceFRASilver2
CenterIsabelle Yacoubou
CenterEndéné Miyem
ForwardClémence Beikes
CenterSandrine Gruda
GuardEdwige Lawson-Wade
GuardCéline Dumerc
GuardFlorence Lepron
GuardÉmilie Gomis
GuardMarion Laborde
CenterÉlodie Godin
CenterEmmeline Ndongue
ForwardJennifer Digbeu
CoachPierre Vincent
3AustraliaAUSBronze3
Guard (1)/Forward (3)Jenna O'Hea
Guard (1)Samantha Richards
Guard (2)Jenni Screen
Forward (4)Abby Bishop
Forward (4)/Center (5)Suzy Batkovic
Guard (1)Kathleen MacLeod
Guard (1)Kristi Harrower
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Laura Hodges
Guard (2)Belinda Snell
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Rachel Jarry
Center (5)Liz Cambage
Forward (4)/Center (5)Lauren Jackson
CoachCarrie Graf
4Russian FederationRUS4
Guard (2)Olga Arteshina
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Yevgeniya Belyakova
Forward (4)Nataliya Vodopyanova
Forward (3)Marina Kuzina
Guard (1)/Guard (2)Yelena Danilochkina
Guard (1)Becky Hammon
Forward (3)Ilona Korstin
Center (5)Nataliya Vieru
Center (5)Irina Osipova
Guard (1)Anna Petrakova
Guard (2)/Forward (3)Nataliya Zhedik
Center (5)Nadezhda Grishayeva
CoachBoris Sokolovsky
5TurkeyTUR5
Guard (2)Tuğba Palazoğlu
Forward (3)Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar
Guard (1)Birsel Vardarlı
Guard (1)Nilay Kartaltepe
Forward (4)Tuğçe Canıtez
Guard (2)Esmeral Tunçluer
Guard (1)Işıl Alben
Center (5)Nevriye Yılmaz
Center (5)Kuanitra Holingsvorth
Forward (4)Yasemin Horasan
Forward (3)Şaziye İvegin
Forward (4)Bahar Çağlar
CoachCeyhun Yıldızoğlu
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN6
Guard (1)Li Shanshan
Guard (1)Song Xiaoyun
Forward (3)Ji Yanyan
Guard (2)Zhao Shuang
Guard (2)Miao Lijie
Forward (4)Guan Xin
Forward (3)Zhang Fan
Forward (3)Ma Zengyu
Forward (4)Gao Song
Forward (4)Chen Xiaoli
Center (5)Wei Wei
Center (5)Chen Nan
CoachSun Fengwu
7Czech RepublicCZE7
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Jana Veselá
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Michaela Zrůstová
Guard (1)Kateřina Bartoňová
Guard (2)Kateřina Zohnová
Center (5)Ilona Burgrová
Guard (1)/Guard (2)Hana Horáková
Forward (4)/Center (5)Alena Hanušová
Guard (2)Kateřina Elhotová
Guard (1)Lenka Bartáková
Center (5)Petra Kulichová
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Tereza Pecková
Forward (3)Eva Vítečková
CoachLubor Blažek
8CanadaCAN8
Center (5)Krista Phillips
Guard (1)Teresa Gabriele
Guard (1)Shona Thorburn
Guard (2)Courtnay Pilypaitis
Guard (2)Kim Smith
Forward (4)Miranda Ayim
Guard (2)Alisha Tatham
Forward (4)Natalie Achonwa
Forward (3)Lizanne Murphy
Forward (3)Tamara Tatham
Forward (4)Chelsea Aubry
Forward (3)Michelle Plouffe
CoachAllison McNeill
9BrazilBRA9
Guard (1) Adrianinha
Guard (1)/Guard (2) Karla
Guard (2)/Forward (3) Chuca
Guard (1)/Guard (2)Joice Rodrigues
Forward (4) Franciele
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Sílvinha Gustavo
Forward (4)/Center (5) Clarissa
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Damiris Dantas
Forward (4)/Center (5) Nádia
Center (5) Érika
Guard (1)/Guard (2)Tássia Carcavalli
CoachLuíz Tarallo
10CroatiaCRO10
Guard (2)Sandra Mandir
Guard (1)Anđa Jelavić
Guard (2)Antonija Mišura
Forward (4)Lisa Karčić
Guard (2)Emanuela Salopek
Center (5)Marija Vrsaljko
Guard (1)Iva Ciglar
Forward (3)Ana Lelas
Center (5)Iva Slišković
Forward (4)Mirna Mazić
Center (5)Luca Ivanković
Forward (3)Jelena Ivezić
CoachStipe Bralić
11Great BritainGBR11
Guard (2)Natalie Stafford
Guard (2)Rose Anderson
Guard (1)Stef Collins
Guard (1)Rachael Vanderwal
Forward (3)Chantelle Handy
Guard (2)Jenaya Wade-Fray
Forward (4)Julie Page
Forward (4)Kim Butler
Center (5)Dominique Allen
Guard (2)Jo Leedham
Center (5)Azania Stewart
Forward (3)Temi Fagbenle
CoachTom Maher
12AngolaANG12
Guard (1)Catarina Camufal
Forward (2)/Forward (3)Ana Gonçalves
Forward (3)Felizarda Jorge
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Ângela Cardoso
Guard (1)Fineza Eusébio
Forward (3)Madalena Felix
Forward (2)/Forward (3)Sónia Guadalupe
Center (5)Luísa Tomás
Forward (3)Astrida Vicente
Forward (3)/Forward (4)Nacissela Maurício
Forward (4)/Center (5)Nadir Manuel
Forward (4)/Center (5)Ngiendula Filipe
CoachAníbal Moreira

Preliminary Round

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.

Group A

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010462-279Q
2TurkeyTUR4019343-316Q
3People's Republic of ChinaCHN3028346-363Q
4Czech RepublicCZE2037346-332Q
5CroatiaCRO1046324-379
6AngolaANG0055243-395
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 9:00People's Republic of China 13CHN66 – 57Czech Republic 14CZE
Match #228 Jul 14:30Turkey 15TUR72 – 50Angola 16ANG
Match #328 Jul 16:45United States 17USA81 – 56Croatia 18CRO
Match #430 Jul 9:00People's Republic of China 19CHN83 – 58Croatia 20CRO
Match #530 Jul 11:15Turkey 21TUR61 – 57Czech Republic 22CZE
Match #630 Jul 22:15United States 23USA90 – 38Angola 24ANG
Match #701 Aug 11:15People's Republic of China 25CHN76 – 52Angola 26ANG
Match #801 Aug 20:00Czech Republic 27CZE89 – 70Croatia 28CRO
Match #901 Aug 22:15United States 29USA89 – 58Turkey 30TUR
Match #1003 Aug 9:00Croatia 31CRO75 – 56Angola 32ANG
Match #1103 Aug 16:45Turkey 33TUR82 – 55People's Republic of China 34CHN
Match #1203 Aug 22:15United States 35USA88 – 61Czech Republic 36CZE
Match #1305 Aug 11:15Czech Republic 37CZE82 – 47Angola 38ANG
Match #1405 Aug 16:45United States 39USA114 – 66People's Republic of China 40CHN
Match #1505 Aug 20:00Turkey 41TUR70 – 65Croatia 42CRO

Group B

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1FranceFRA50010356-319Q
2AustraliaAUS4019353-322Q
3Russian FederationRUS3028314-308Q
4CanadaCAN2037328-332Q
5BrazilBRA1046329-354
6Great BritainGBR0055327-372
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 11:15Russian Federation 43RUS58 – 53Canada 44CAN
Match #228 Jul 20:00France 45FRA73 – 58Brazil 46BRA
Match #328 Jul 22:15Australia 47AUS74 – 58Great Britain 48GBR
Match #430 Jul 14:30France 49FRA74 – 70Australia 50AUS
Match #530 Jul 16:45Russian Federation 51RUS69 – 59Brazil 52BRA
Match #630 Jul 20:00Canada 53CAN73 – 65Great Britain 54GBR
Match #701 Aug 9:00France 55FRA64 – 60Canada 56CAN
Match #801 Aug 14:30Australia 57AUS67 – 61Brazil 58BRA
Match #901 Aug 16:45Russian Federation 59RUS67 – 61Great Britain 60GBR
Match #1003 Aug 11:15Australia 61AUS70 – 66Russian Federation 62RUS
Match #1103 Aug 14:30Canada 63CAN79 – 73Brazil 64BRA
Match #1203 Aug 20:00France 65FRA80 – 77Great Britain 66GBR
Match #1305 AugFrance 67FRA65 – 54Russian Federation 68RUS
Match #1405 Aug 14:30Australia 69AUS72 – 63Canada 70CAN
Match #1505 Aug 22:15Brazil 71BRA78 – 66Great Britain 72GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date7 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Aug 16:15Australia 73AUS75 – 60People's Republic of China 74CHN
Match #207 Aug 14:00United States 75USA91 – 48Canada 76CAN
Match #307 Aug 20:00Russian Federation 77RUS66 – 63Turkey 78TUR
Match #407 Aug 22:15France 79FRA71 – 68Czech Republic 80CZE

Semi-Finals

Date9 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 17:00United States 81USA86 – 73Australia 82AUS
Match #209 Aug 21:00France 83FRA81 – 64Russian Federation 84RUS

Final Round

Date11 August 2012
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 21:00United States 85USA86 – 50France 86FRA
Match 3/411 Aug 17:00Australia 87AUS83 – 74Russian Federation 88RUS